MGeol Geology with Palaeontology with year abroad
Course Overview
This course explores the dynamic history of life on Earth through the fossil record, linking the evolution of organisms with our planet's geological past. You will develop specialist expertise in identifying key fossil groups and interpreting major events like mass extinctions and evolutionary radiations. The program is heavily field-based, with trips to locations like Scotland and Spain, and culminates in an independent research project on a palaeontological topic of your choice.
Key Program Highlights
- Hands-on fieldwork in exceptional locations, including the Isle of Arran, Spain, and Wales
- Specialist modules on vertebrate palaeontology, microfossils, and major events in the history of life
- Conduct an independent research dissertation on a palaeontological topic of your choice
- Learn from dedicated personal tutors who are specialists in the field of palaeontology
- Option to pursue a three-year BSc or a four-year MGeol with an advanced research project
Course Overview
This course explores the dynamic history of life on Earth through the fossil record, linking the evolution of organisms with our planet's geological past. You will develop specialist expertise in identifying key fossil groups and interpreting major events like mass extinctions and evolutionary radiations. The program is heavily field-based, with trips to locations like Scotland and Spain, and culminates in an independent research project on a palaeontological topic of your choice.
Key Program Highlights
- Hands-on fieldwork in exceptional locations, including the Isle of Arran, Spain, and Wales
- Specialist modules on vertebrate palaeontology, microfossils, and major events in the history of life
- Conduct an independent research dissertation on a palaeontological topic of your choice
- Learn from dedicated personal tutors who are specialists in the field of palaeontology
- Option to pursue a three-year BSc or a four-year MGeol with an advanced research project
Requirements
Modules
- First Year Tutorials
- Evolution of the Earth System
- Palaeobiology and the Stratigraphic Record
- Natural Resources and Energy for the 21st Century
- Geological Maps and Structures
- Introductory Field Course
- From Core to Crust
- Our Dynamic Planet
- Geological Fieldwork: Methods and Applications
- Mapping Earth's History: structural and stratigraphic field techniques
- Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes
- Major Events in the History of Life
- Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
- Introduction to Geochemistry
- Structure and Tectonics
- Depositional Processes and Environments
- INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT
- Independent Field-Based Project
- Diversity and Evolution of Vertebrates
- The Forensic, Archaeological and Geological Application of Microfossils
- Dissertation
- Environmental Geoscience
- Crustal Dynamics
- Sustainability Enterprise Partnership Project
- Planetary Science
- Mineral Exploration, Economics and Sustainability
- Key Events in the Evolution of Planet Earth Viewed Through the Geological Lens of Wales - a field course
- Physical Volcanology
- Stable Isotopes in the Environment
- Water Quality Processes and Management
- Hot Topics
- Research Project (Palaeobiology)
- Evolutionary Palaeobiology
- Advanced Field Course
- Anthropogenic Impact on the Urban Environment
- Advanced Field Course
- Anthropogenic Impact on the Urban Environment
- Igneous Petrogenesis
- Fundamentals of GIS
- R for Data Science
- Living the Anthropocene
